New faces in The Garden

Burger signee The Garden is putting its scowling garage murk in the hands of Sky Ferreira/Charli XCX producer Justin Raisen and slumpy psychedelic angel Ariel Pink for a series of tracks. Pink and Raisen are working under the moniker Raw Deal. The Garden (twin bros Wyatt and Fletcher Shears) usually puts out drum-heavy, red-faced, guitar smearage, and these two new demos fit neatly with their schtick. Crystal Clear features aggressively monotone lyrics like some strange amalgamation of David Byrne and Anthony Keidis. Slice Em is slightly more sleepy, like Jonathan Richman on an angry day. Listen to both demos below.